Published by Norton Museum of Art.Text by Cheryl Brutvan, Nicholas Cullinan.

Recognized as an exceptional talent in the early 1990s, when she was just in her early 20s, British painter Jenny Saville (born 1970) has continued to renew and subvert the legacy of such masters as Rembrandt, de Kooning and Freud, with sometimes controversial interpretations of the human figure--primarily the female body--that expertly mingle the textures of paint and flesh. This volume, accompanying the first U.S. survey of the artist, includes already classic early paintings such as “Propped” (1992) alongside studies and more recent paintings and drawings on the theme of the mother and child. Saville’s brushwork reveals an increased dynamism and looser gesture. Extended critical commentary by Cheryl Brutvan and Nicholas Cullinan discuss Saville’s feminism and treatments of flesh throughout art history. Despite Saville’s fame, there have been few opportunities to view her mature work, a lacuna this volume happily corrects.

PUBLISHERNORTON MUSEUM OF ART

BOOK FORMATClth, 8 x 10 in. / 100 pgs / 27 color.

PUBLISHING STATUSPUB DATE 8/31/2012Out of print

DISTRIBUTIOND.A.P. EXCLUSIVECATALOG: FALL 2012 p. 106

PRODUCT DETAILSISBN 9780943411422TRADELIST PRICE: $50.00 CDN $60.00

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Published by Gagosian Gallery.Essay by Katherine Dunn.

After having observed the operations of reconstructive surgery and aesthetic surgery, acclaimed figurative painter Jenny Saville was eager to express the violence and anesthetized pain of this experience in her own work. She and fashion photographer Glenn Luchford thus began an artistic collaboration that captures the full range of color, tonality, and topography of live flesh, in large photographic tableaux that portray Saville's own body. Distortions confront and coerce the viewer into an examination of his or her own body and the grotesqueries and beauties inherent within; the images likewise recall biological specimens preserved, disembodied, and disfigured. The collusion of the art and fashion worlds has produced many hybrids in recent years, yet none perhaps none as intensely striking as this series.

PUBLISHERGAGOSIAN GALLERY

BOOK FORMATHardcover, 11 x 15.5 in. / 48 pgs / 14 color / 13 bw

PUBLISHING STATUSPUB DATE 7/2/2002Out of print

DISTRIBUTIOND.A.P. EXCLUSIVECATALOG: FALL 2002

PRODUCT DETAILSISBN 9781880154656TRADELIST PRICE: $50.00 CDN $60.00

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STATUS: Out of print | 4/23/2003

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